The Polypharmacy Diaries || Olga Kits, PhD | Substack

Medications in Motion: The Many Hands of Long-Term Care

In long-term care, medications don’t just appear at a resident’s bedside.

Feb 2 •

From Research to Podcast: AI Brings Polypharmacy to Life

Exploring the Power of Google NotebookLM to Simplify Complex Topics

Jan 7 •

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Polypharmacy Decoded: 5 Snippets of Nonstop Work and Hidden Effort

While I will dive deeper into the following five areas in future posts, here’s a condensed glimpse into the intricate dance of polypharmacy and the…

Aug 20, 2024 •

Living Polypharmacy: The Everyday Medication Work in Long-Term Care

Key Interests and Perspectives

Nov 17, 2023 •

Essential Takeaways: The Realities of Polypharmacy in Long-Term Care

My one-year+ ethnographic field research during 2016-17 at Northwood in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, makes the ‘invisible’ work of polypharmacy and…

Mar 10, 2024 •

Polypharmacy is an Organizational Practice

At Northwood, polypharmacy isn’t just a process—it’s an organizational practice, an intricate web of overlapping and interconnected routines that…

Nov 25, 2024 •

Tracing the Flow: How Medications Shape Life at Northwood

To grasp the sheer scope and complexity of medication work at Northwood, I started with a strikingly simple question: how much medication flows through…

Jun 2, 2024 •

Why Polypharmacy Research Matters

Long-term care facilities across the globe have earned a reputation in the medical literature as hotbeds for prescribing and polypharmacy—a phenomenon…

Apr 8, 2024 •

Abbreviations & Essential References for Real-World or Ethnographic Research on Polypharmacy

Feb 1, 2024 •

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